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Consumer spending on these vices in U.S. rose the most last...
Sometimes it just feels good to be bad. After years of recession-imposed restraint, American consumers have more cash in their pockets, and some of...
Brown, the priciest Ivy League college, will cost $48K a year
PROVIDENCE - College tuition is outpacing inflation across the board, a phenomenon even the Ivy League and its fat endowments can’t escape. Next year,...
Students say Brown University decision on sex assault case was motivated...
PROVIDENCE - Last week, about 30 Brown University students crashed a campus panel on female university presidents.
They dressed all in red and taped...
CFG looks for TruFit applicants
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group is calling for applications for its TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship program, which offers scholarships up to $7,500 to students...
Starkweather & Shepley named one of nation’s best
EAST PROVIDENCE – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has been selected as one of the top 100 agencies countrywide by EMC Insurance Co.,...
SEED gives 3 small-business loans
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp., which provides financing assistance to businesses in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has closed on three...
TD parent outperforms rival
TORONTO – Toronto-Dominion Bank is drawing attention from investors after the Canadian bank – the parent of the U.S.-based TD Bank – recently performed...
Bill would eliminate min. corporation tax
PROVIDENCE – The Senate Republican caucus last week introduced legislation that would eliminate the $500 minimum business corporation tax.
Rhode Island annually levies a corporate...
Chafee names former Supreme Court justice as Central Falls receiver
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Monday named former state Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr. as Central Falls receiver, replacing another...
Ch. 12’s Karen Adams to retire after two decades in the...
EAST PROVIDENCE – Karen Adams, veteran news anchor at WPRI-TV Channel 12, will say goodbye to viewers for the final time at the end...
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